“I am pleased USDA Rural Development can contribute to rural health care upgrades in a substantial way,” Virginia Manuel, USDA rural development state director, said in a written statement.

The Danforth center opened as a nonprofit organization in 1987, according to available tax records.

USDA Rural Development invested $462.5 million in rural Maine communities last fiscal year in the areas of homeownership, business assistance, energy and renewable energy development, water and wastewater and community facilities.